SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here HIS FINAL FLOURISH? MANDELLA GEARING UP FOR BREEDERS’ CUP Whether Ascot=s G1 QIPCO Champion S. is the Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella, who saddled farewell venture of Khalid Abdullah=s remarkable Frankel an unprecedented four winners at the 2003 Breeders= (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) remains Cup at Santa Anita, has a to be seen, but the race pair of live contenders for with an eye on becoming this year=s edition of the the world=s greatest takes championships. Both on a gravity all its own Beholder (Henny Hughes) and today. Reams have been Jimmy Creed (Distorted written about Juddmonte=s Humor) are owned by peerless talent, with Spendthrift Farm; Beholder is hardened judges in no expected to be cross-entered Henry Cecil & Frankel Edward Whitaker/Racing Post doubt as to his standing in in the Breeders= Cup Juvenile Beholder Benoit photo a historical perspective, Sprint and the GI Breeders= and it all seems to lead to an experience that will last Cup Juvenile Fillies, while Jimmy Creed, third in the just over two minutes in Berkshire this afternoon. Set GI Santa Anita Sprint Championship last out, will go for against the backdrop of legendary trainer Sir Henry the GI Breeders= Cup Sprint. AThey both worked an easy Cecil=s ongoing health concerns, the story of the colt three-eighths the other day and they=ll get a serious who was named in honor of another who helped to set work next week,@ Mandella said. AThey came out in the gold standard for the training profession reaches an great shape.@ Beholder, who missed by a lip in the almost-unbearable high-pressure climax here. Cecil is GI Del Mar Debutante, came back with a tour de force left in no doubt as to the significance of the colt=s in a six-furlong Santa Anita allowance Oct. 4 (video) . presence in his own life story. AI am so lucky to have A Beholder is intended most likely for the [Juvenile] been allocated Frankel to train,@ he said. AHe has been Sprint,@ Mandella offered. AI think she wants to sprint an inspiration and challenge, which I really needed so more than anything right now, and that=s what we=re badly. Through my illness, I feel that the help from my looking at. There=s a small chance of changing our mind wife Jane and the determination to be there for Frankel and going for the Juvenile Fillies, but right now it would has helped me so much to get through the season.@ be the Sprint.@ As for the 3-year-old Jimmy Creed, Cont. p6 Mandella added, A[He] is doing well. He ran a good race here, but it looked like with a little luck he could have BLESSED RELIEF had a better position, so I=ve got to give him another try Bar Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) being asked to run at it.@ Breeders= Cup notes p13 twice in just over half an hour, today=s G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. was always going to be a refuge for the downtrodden, and there are few horses that need it more than Excelebration (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}). Beaten on five occasions by the wonder of Warren Place, Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor=s acquisition has previously had to venture overseas for sanctuary. In last year=s G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp and on his latest outing in the Aug. 12 G1 Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville, the 4-year-old has boosted his own credentials as a leading miler, as well as underlining the brilliance of his revered opponent. There would be a sense of justice if Ballydoyle can guide him to a deserved top-level victory in Britain today, and Aidan O=Brien is happy that he can avoid more Frankel-bashing. AHe had a busy-enough campaign early on and met Frankel twice, but we were delighted with him in France and he seems well since,@ he said. AHe=s been in good form since his last run, and the QEII was the race we were looking at. He=s a very good horse--he was a very good horse last year and the year before.@ Cont. p8 In This Issue One Day in the Valley 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 (732) 747-8060 Friday was Pin Oak Valley (732) 747-8955 (fax) View day at Keeneland, and www.thoroughbreddailynews.com an overflowing entry box www.thetdn.com saw the Grade III race split into two divisions. Both , co-publisher featured nail-biting finishes, Barry Weisbord with George Strawbridge’s [email protected] • @barryweisbord , co-publisher Angel Terrace Sue Finley (Ghostzapper) getting the [email protected] • @suefinley photo in the first division, and the Klein family’s Miz Editorial Ida (Proud Citizen) showing [email protected] Angel Terrace (center, green cap) her grit in the second Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Coady Photography division. Both fillies were Alan Carasso, Managing Editor homebreds for their owners. Marie Kizenko, Senior Editor Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Coverage begins page 3 Lucas Marquardt, Features Editor Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. Oppenheim on October Justina Severni, Assistant Editor Kelsey Riley, Assistant Editor Frankel, sires’ sales average, Breeders’ Cup...Bill has it all right here Advertising [email protected] Coverage begins page 16 Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer Sarah K. Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant Amanda Foster, Advertising Assistant Customer Service [email protected] Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Information Technology EST Race Click for TV Robert Williams, Director of IT 8:45a British Ch. Long Distance Cup-G3, ASC (brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG [email protected] 9:20a British Ch. Sprint S.-G2, ASC (brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming 9:55a British Ch. Filly & Mare S.-G2, ASC (brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG 10:30a Queen Elizabeth II S.-G1, ASC (brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG [email protected] 11:05a British Ch. Middle Distance-G1, ASC (brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG 5:27p Lexus Raven Run S.-GII, KEE (brisnet.com PPs) T V G Business Development 7:38p Senator Ken Maddy S.-GIII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV Gary King, Director of Business Development [email protected] TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing [email protected] Sean Cronin Tom Frary P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/20/12 • PAGE 3 of 19 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Friday, Keeneland PIN OAK VALLEY VIEW S.-GIII, $125,000, KEE, 10-19, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:44 1/5, fm. 1--@MIZ IDA, 118, f, 3, by Proud Citizen 1st Dam: May Gator (MSW & GSP, $570,298), by Green Alligator 2nd Dam: Thesixthofmay, by Classic Account 3rd Dam: Creek Dancer, by Linkage O/B-Richard, Bertram & Elaine Klein (KY); T-Steve Margolis; J-Shaun Bridgmohan. $75,000. Lifetime Record: 9-6-0-0, $298,346. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Foaled & Raised at Clarkland Farm for the Klein Family KY-BRED QUALITY KTA / KTOB 2--English Class, 118, f, 3, English Channel--Atrial Flutter, by Lear Fan. ($9,000 RNA yrl '10 KEEJAN). O-Fred M Allor; B-Bluegrass Hall LLC & J Scatuorchio (KY); T-Brian A Lynch. $25,000. Consigned by Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services 3--Leading Astray, 122, f, 3, Belong to Me--Taxable Deduction, by Prized. O/B-Team Block (IL); T-Chris M Block. $12,500. Margins: NK, 1, 3/4. Odds: 4.70, 25.60, 5.10. Also Ran: Pianist, Freedom Reigns (Ire), Daylight Ride, Welcome Dance, Fine Silver, Dancing Solo, More Than Love. Scratched: Temper in Command, Zucchini Flower. Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made Sales. Miz Ida paired up wins on the Fair Grounds turf over the winter, including the Allen Lacombe Memorial S. Mar. 10, but had a wide trip and wound up seventh in the Edgewood S. at Churchill May 4. She resurfaced in Shelbyville to take the Indiana Distaff S. July 11, and came into this contest off a victory against her elders in the Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf S. Sept. 8. Sent off as the second choice to 4-5 Pianist (More Than Ready), the Klein homebred settled into a ground-saving spot in midpack. Jockey Shaun Bridgmohan angled her off the fence turning for home and the pair set their sights on English Class, who took the lead in midstretch. That longshot dug in gamely, but Miz Ida pinned her ears and hit the wire first. AI thought I had a phenomenal trip,@ Bridgmohan opined. AI=m getting to know this filly a little better every time I=ve Richard & Bertram Klein lead in ridden her. She=s matured homebred Miz Ida mentally and physically. You Coady Photography couldn=t ask her to be doing any better. [Trainer Steve Margolis] has done a phenomenal job with her.@ Margolis indicated that the GII Mrs Revere S. at Churchill Nov. 17 was the filly=s next target. Pianist, who raced in second early, flattened out in the lane. 859-873-7270 • www.airdriestud.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/20/12 • PAGE 4 of 19 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Friday, Keeneland PIN OAK VALLEY VIEW S.-GIII, $125,000, KEE, 10-19, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:44 3/5, fm. 1--#@ANGEL TERRACE, 118, f, 3, by Ghostzapper 1st Dam: Another Storm, by Gone West 2nd Dam: Storm Song, by Summer Squall 3rd Dam: Hum Along, by Fappiano O-Augustin Stable; B-George Strawbridge (PA); T-Jonathan E Sheppard; J-James Graham.